Biography
Joseph Davenport was a conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: African-American; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on November 12, 1918
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
